Jace and Rocky from the Comic Boom YouTube channel celebrate Halloween by chatting about the DC Comics titles for the week of October 31, 2023. We get an anniversary issue for The Return of Superman, Spirit World ends in style and The Gotham War goes out with a bit of a whimper. Hear our thoughts on these books and more.
Jace chats with writer Wells Thompson about his emotional original graphic novel on Zoop Depths. An emotional tale, about loss, isolation and overcoming impossible odds.
Jace chats with writer/editor Cassandra Jones about the anthology Let Her Be Evil. Cass has put together an wealth of creative talent across 17 short-stories highlighting the strength of women cutting lose and showcasing them at their most evil. Learn about the challenges of putting this project together and Cas's thought process in bringing it to Zoop.
Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! chat about the DC Comics for the week of October 24, 2023. We get an awesome first issue for Alan Scott Green Lantern. There is a big flip-flop regarding Flash #2 while the Penguin features the return of a nearly forgotten super team. The end of Doom Patrol is just as fun as the series has been throughout and Wonder Woman shows how powerful she is now while flashing back to show how she's always been a tactician. Get thoughts on all these books and more in this episode.
Jace and Rocky talk about the DC Comics titles for the week of October 17, 2023. We have the debut issues of Jay Garrick Flash and Justice League vs Godzilla vs King which are both very fun, Nightwing has Dick Grayson as a pirate, the Gotham War continues in Catwoman and the origins of Magog are starting to be revealed in World's Finest. Thoughts about all these titles and more.
Jace and Rocky from the Comic Boom! YouTube channel give their spoiler-free thoughts on By A Thread #1. It's the latest Comixology Original title from writer Scott Snyder with his son Jack as co-writer. Gorgeous, kinetic art with wonderful emotion in both facial expressions and body language by Valeria Flavoccia is perfected complemented by beautiful color work from Whitney Cogar wit lettering by Tom Napolitano rounding out the creative team. This debut issue does a wonderful job of establishing the status quo of the world these creators have crafted while offering a compelling narrative that promises for fun and adventure to come.
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of October 10, 2023. We get the debut of Wesley Dodds, Sandman and Batman City of Madness which are both fantastic. Also Green Lantern has a very classic feel while Superman Lost is hitting all the right emotional notes. Learn about these titles and more.
Jace chats with writer Jason Michael Primrose about his Zoop campaign for The Lost Children Of Andromeda: The Arrival. Based in the world of his Sci-Fi novel series The Lost Children Of Andromeda, this is a prequel story that kickstarts the rich world and Story Jason has built. Find out about the biggest difference in writing novels versus comics for Jason and his plans for the future of the series.
Jace and Rocky break down the DC Comics titles for the week of October 3, 2023. There is a big debate about Gotham War, not if it's bad, they both agree on that. Well, for the most part, but a vigorous discussion is to be had about WHY it's bad. Yeah, they do that. Meanwhile, Jace goes over the DC Halloween special, Rocky shouts out Shazam as book of the week and Jace gives his nod to the laugh out loud read that is Fire & Ice, Welcome to Smallville.
Jace chats with creator Richard Pace about his current Zoop campaign for Coven: A Book of 100 Witches. Richard takes about the origins of the project. his ideas to expand it beyond an art book and how much fun he is having drawing these witches. Plus plenty of talk about process and the art of inking.